EIC Team Formation Night Nov 20 & $45K Prototype Funding!

Want to compete in the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge?Need team members? Come give a 1-minute pitch.Want to join a team? Come listen to pitches and meet potential teammates.

Find out about prototype funding, judging criteria and the logistics for the Challenge on April 3, 2014.

Students from all colleges and universities throughout the Pacific NW
are invited to participate in the EIC. Teams are cross-disciplinary,
undergrads to grads.

Prototype Funding – Application due
December 16(Available to WA State teams only.)

We have $45K in prototype funding available for the 2014 UW Environmental Innovation Challenge!
We suggest that each team request between $500 and $2,500 for prototype
funding, but we will
consider both smaller and larger amounts. Funding is only available to
teams from schools in Washington, and is distributed from three distinct
sources with varying stipulations:

UW Seattle Campus - Available Funds: $25,000The UW College of Engineering has provided $25K for teams entering
the UW EIC. The entire team does not have to be made up of engineering
students, but the application must be submitted by an engineering student.

WA State Schools - Available Funds: $5,000WRF Capital has provided $5K to teams who are serious about
environmental innovation. Teams applying for this funding do not need to
have an engineering student on them.

WA State Schools - UW Clean Energy Institute - Available Funds: $15,000The Clean Energy Institute has
provided $15K to fund prototype development for student teams from
across the state of Washington. In order to qualify for this funding,
teams
must focus on tech innovation in solar energy, electrical energy
storage, and/or the software or hardware for renewable integration with
the grid.